It took two days for the fleet to shelter from the wind and waves on Lak Island, and not all the people in the fleet went to the island, but only 2,000 people went to this island with only more than 200 villagers, and in just two days, the island was tossed and turned, and even the food stocks of the villagers on the island were almost exhausted.
When the food is gone, the villagers are not unhappy but happy, and it is natural that the guests have spent money.
They can go to the Greek peninsula to buy food anytime and anywhere, but they don't have to wait to starve to death when they finish eating, and they are too late to be happy.
"It doesn't really cost money."
Malus Utansis was of Greek descent, but he was always ashamed not to be close to the Greeks for half a day: "It is glory for them to serve us." ” In fact, it didn't cost much money, and the Han people also left a good impression on the villagers on the island, and one day if the Han people came to the island, I believe that the villagers on the island would treat the Han people very kindly.
This was far more important than leaving a bad impression, but Wang Meng and others would not tell the Romans about this reason.
After the fleet restarted, it continued to follow the previous route.
This time, there was no bad weather on the island, and I passed through the sea area smoothly, and I saw a lot of scattered islands along the way.
"There are so many islands in this sea area" Cai Mian has always played a good role of intellectual curiosity: "Are the villagers on the island all Greeks?"
"Not really."
Marcus Maka pointed to the north: "Over there is the province of Thrace, and next to it is Macedonia."
The Olympus you are talking about is in the southeast of Macedonia. ” Macedonia, a once glorious country, whose king once built a powerful empire spanning three continents: Europe, Asia, and Africa, but this empire was so short-lived that it fell apart with the death of its founder, Alexander the Great.
Alexander the Great had a great impact on world history, not only did he almost unify Greece, but even after his death, he left behind many countries of the Greek model, especially after the Eastern Crusade, the largest one was the Seleucid Empire, and even many Greeks established states in West and Central Asia and South Asia.
The Central Plains Dynasty has always had a legend of Bactria, the first generation of Bacttria was actually the Greek kingdom of Bactria established by Greeks, that is to say, the Great Xia of the Qin Dynasty and the Western Han Dynasty was actually a country ruled by a group of blonde, blue-eyed, white-skinned people.
After arriving in the Eastern Han Dynasty, the Great Xia recorded in the history books changed, and became a country composed of the Yueshi people, the Sai people and the Ah San, that is, the predecessor of the Kushan Empire.
After the Eastern Han Dynasty, the Central Plains Dynasty forgot about Bactria and lost its ambition to march west of the Western Regions, and the pace of conquest stopped at the Western Regions.
Thrace was originally a general term for a Greek tribal confederation, and the people there would have yellowish skin, probably the appearance of the West Asian race, and their living habits and clothes were no different from those of the Greeks.
They were a people who were first culturally conquered by the Greeks, and after the Greek city-states were solved by Rome, Thrace became a vassal of Rome without even resisting, and for a long time, once the Romans greeted them, they should go out to be cannon fodder.
The Romans did not seem to have any intention of completely conquering Thrace at first, but this did not prevent the Romans from teaching the Thracians in various ways and arming them into Thracian territory to capture the villagers as slaves.
Thrace is also an ethnic group that has produced big names, the first large-scale slave revolt in Roman history was led by a Thracian named Spartacus, but this rebel army with gladiators as the main leader also caused a disaster on the corner of the Roman territory, and a little invasion of the Roman province immediately attracted a large number of Roman legions to encircle and suppress, and then it was directly pressed to the ground by Crassus with the power of a family.
After the failure of the slave revolt led by Spartacus, the Romans could no longer tolerate Thrace to remain independent, and the Roman legions easily swept Thrace, and after the conquest, they established the province of Thrace, which has remained in rule until the hiccups of Western Rome.
Once you reach the sea close to Thrace, you will enter a narrow strait, which is a passage between two continents.
"The continent to the south is Asia Minor."
Marus Utansis stared at the land that looked almost all yellow: "We said before that the Trojan War took place on this continent. ” There are no cities to be seen along the coast, and even if they are inhabited, there are scattered villages.
It is rare to see patches of green in this area, and I want to see that the place as far as the eye can see is a barren hill except the Gobi.
"The Greeks of those days were beached and landed at the exit of the strait."
Marcus Marca pointed to a beach: "They camped here in boats, and fought with the Trojans along the coastline for almost ten years. ” "In that place."
The place that Malus Utansis was referring to was empty: "It used to be the city of Troy, but now there is not a single remnant of the wall." ” Please, the Trojan War took place in 1193 BC, and it didn't end until 1183 BC, and legend has it that the Greeks attacked the city and began to burn and loot extremely, and then simply set fire to it, and a rich and beautiful city was reduced to ashes in the war, and no one rebuilt it later.
A city that was abandoned more than 1,500 years ago, and the local climate is dry and dusty, maybe people in the neighborhood will pry some bricks and stones when building houses, and it is strange what traces can be left.
No kidding, for example, the Great Wall, just a few decades from the end of the Qing Dynasty to the modern era, some sections of the Great Wall from the establishment of the Ming Dynasty to the maintenance of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, nearby villagers will build houses to collect materials, the result is that a considerable part of the Great Wall section does not even have a residual foundation.
It's only been like this for decades, and the death of the city of Troy was more than 1,500 years ago, and what can be left After going deeper into the strait, the coastline scenery on both sides of the strait has been changing, relatively speaking, the north shore is more green than the south coast, and the north shore is definitely more populated than the south coast.
"Our pre-Augustus had intended to build a bridge in the strait, but that was an impossible thing to do."
Marus Utansis gestured across the two shores: "What an ambitious idea it must be" Wang Meng visually surveyed, the width of the strait should be a dozen Han li, he didn't know what the depth of the water was, and the water flow was relatively gentle, thinking about whether it could be achieved to build a bridge across the strait with the scientific and technological strength of the Han Kingdom, and the final conclusion was that it would be difficult, but it could really be built.
"If you are willing to spend money" Cai Mian dragged an end note, attracting the attention of all the Romans: "It's not that it can't be made." ” The Romans had their own demeanor, and most of them thought it was fantastical, but some people took it seriously.
"I remember that your Yangtze River and the Yellow River have bridges across the river."
Marcus Marca had been to the Han Border and had personally passed through those bridges: "You can build a bridge across the river on the surface of the river where the current is fast, and there will be no problem with such a gentle flow in the strait." ” Marcusmarca's words startled all the unsuspecting Romans, and after repeated questioning, they introduced what they had heard and seen.
"The bridge across the river is two miles at most, and the strait is more than seven miles."
"Even a single step will add countless difficulties, let alone so much.
The depth of the sea is also not comparable to the depth of the river. ” The Romans also used "li" as the unit of length, but the Romans' one mile was quite a modern one point and forty-nine kilometers, while the Han side used a modern unit of length after Liu Yan's reform, and one mile was five hundred meters.
Cai Mian smiled indifferently, he just said it, the Romans believed it or not.
If a bridge can really be built in this strait, it will definitely be a great blessing for the current Rome, especially for Constantius.
Marcus Marca had already decided to take it seriously, and as soon as he arrived in Constantinople, he would immediately ask Constantius to inform him of the matter, and if the bridge across the Channel could be built, perhaps the civil war would end sooner, or end the war with the victory of Constantius's side.
The boats had already collected their sails, and the sound of oars lapping on the water had not stopped.
The reason is that the wind of the current season is not a tailwind for them, and raising the sails under the headwind is completely unpassable to themselves, so they can only rely on the human oars to paddle the water to drive the boat forward.
They sailed from day to night, and after nightfall, Wang Meng and others, who stayed in the flagship room, discovered the movement outside, and Dou A went out to investigate.
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"They're throwing away corpses."
It didn't take long for Dou'a to return to the flagship room: "The paddles continued without stopping, and some of the slaves died of overwork. ” It is not the first time that everyone has known such a thing, and it happened more than once during the voyage, some died of overwork, some died of disease, and the Romans would restrain themselves, but they also wrapped the corpses in cloth and threw them into the sea, and the slaves were thrown directly into the sea.
"They claim to be the most civilized country in the West, but many of their actions are more barbaric than barbarians."
Dou A felt that the night wind was a little cold, and pulled his collar with his hand: "Throw a dead body into the sea casually, if it is eaten by fish and shrimp, it will be clean, and if it is washed up on the beach or brought into the river, it is not afraid of causing the plague." ” "There have been several great plagues here in Great Qin."
Cai Mian is now a jack of all trades: "I heard that one of their great figures, it seems to be called Anthony or something, with the title of conqueror of Egypt, died under the infection of the plague."
Big people can be infected with the plague, which shows how widespread it is. ” "Then they just know how terrible the plague is, but they still don't take it seriously at all."
Dou'a's body trembled for a moment, and said in a disgusted tone: "I went ashore along the way, and entered several towns, each of which is like an oversized toilet, and there is feces and urine everywhere, and the most excessive thing is that the people who live on the second floor don't look at whether there is anyone below, and a basin of feces and urine will fall down directly." ” A Han man was tricked, and he vomited on the spot, and after spitting up, he went up directly to the guy, and stabbed the guy who poured feces and urine on his head with a sword in anger.
The result of that time was that the Han people who killed people didn't have any, and no one in that city poured and urine from the second floor before the Han people left, but the key was what should happen to the Han people when they left.
The Han people who killed people were okay mainly because they had titles, and Rome, who wanted to make friends with the Han State, must respect the Han nobles.
And in a place like Rome, the aristocracy is naturally superior, and the life and death of non-citizens are just like that, if you really have to deal with it, the nobles who kill people just lose some money.
"I'm curious if Constantinople will be a city full of and urine on the streets."
Cai Mian thinks it's quite possible: "A city is full of and urine, there are more mosquitoes and flies than you can imagine, and they go out and go home with their feet full of and urine on the street, and life is like that."
"Habit becomes nature."
Wang Meng really didn't want to talk about it, but he was also worried that Constantinople was also a city full of and urine: "If the capital city of a country is like this, the Han Dynasty will re-examine Daqin." ” They had already crossed the strait, but they had entered an inland sea environment that resembled a very large lake, and they knew that they would reach Constantinople in about half a day.
The shipping routes of the strait, including this inland sea, are very prosperous, and you can see ships of all sizes coming and going at any time, whether it is downwind or against the wind, and the oars on the ships do not stop rowing, so that every ship you can see is like a centipede fluttering on the sea.
After the fish white appeared in the east, Wang Meng, who was asleep, was woken up by a noisy sound, he could more or less understand some Roman language, and even guessed that he could already see the outline of Constantinople.
From their vantage point to the east, from a distance it was a very wide and narrow strait, nay, rather a strait, rather a sluice.
From their direction, on the left is the outline of a city, and the shore is densely dotted with black spots, which should be all kinds of ships The waiting distance is getting closer, and the people staying on the boat can see more clearly.
What they saw was a city with a city wall built on the shore, the height of the city wall should be about thirty meters, there were many triangular red flags flying on it, and many soldiers could be seen standing guard.
"We're here for now."
When Marus Wutansis arrived at this place, it seemed that he had changed people, his demeanor was more proud, and he even raised his chin slightly when he spoke: "Someone will go in first to inform and clear the channel, and then there will be a ceremony to welcome the Han envoy." ” Wang Meng was intently looking at a corner of Constantinople, the dense ships on the sea showed that the city's sea routes were prosperous, the brick walls and the soldiers standing guard on them showed that the owner of the city attached great importance to the city's defense, and the sight of the obviously artificially modified gate also showed that its owner was well aware of the importance of the waterway
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